A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Quotations
Winston S. Churchill
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.
Working hours are never long enough. Each day is a holiday, and ordinary holidays are grudged as enforced interruptions in an absorbing vocation.
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
